Sacred Books of the East

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The Sacred Books of the East is a monumental 50-volume set of English translations of Asian religious texts, edited by Max Müller and published by the Oxford University Press between 1879 and 1910. It incorporates the essential sacred texts of Hinduism, Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism, Zoroastrianism, Jainism, and Islam.

All of the books are in the public domain in the United States, and most or all are in the public domain in many other countries.[http://www.sacred-texts.com/sbe/ sacred-texts.com] Electronic versions of all 50 volumes are widely available online.

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|+Volumes of the Sacred Books of the East

Vol.GroupPublishedTranslatorTitle and contents
1

|Hindu

|1879 || Max Müller || The Upanishads, part 1/2:Müller, Max. [1879]. [https://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/sbe01/index.htm The Upanishads, Part 1].

2

|Hindu

|1879 || Georg Bühler || The Sacred Laws of the Âryas (Dharmaśāstra), part 1/2:

3

|China

|1879 || James Legge || The Sacred Books of China, part 1/6 – the texts of Confucianism:

  • The Shû King (Classic of History)
  • Book of Thang
  • Books of
  • Books of Hsiâ
  • Books of Shang
  • Books of Kâu
  • Shih King, the Book of Odes (Classic of Poetry)
  • I. Odes of the Temple and the Altar
  • II. Minor Odes of the Kingdom
  • III. Major Odes of the Kingdom
  • IV. Lessons from the States
  • The Hsiâo King (Classic of Filial Piety)
4

|Zor

|1880 || James Darmesteter ||Zend-Avesta, part 1/3:

5

|Zor

|1880 || E. W. West ||Pahlavi Texts, part 1/5:

6

|Islam

|1880 || E. H. Palmer ||Qur'an part 1/2 – chapters I-XVI

7

|Hindu

|1880 || Julius Jolly || The Institutes of Visnu.

8

|Hindu

|1882 || Kâshinâth Trimbak Telang || The Bhagavadgîtâ:

9

|Islam

|1880 || E. H. Palmer || The Qur'an, part 2/2 – chapters XVII-CXIV

10

|Bud

|1881 || Max Müller (Dhammapada from Pāli, Sutta-Nipata from Pāli) ||Dhammapada: a collection of verses

Sutta-Nipâta: a collection of discourses, one of the canonical books of the Buddhists

11

|Bud

|1881 || T. W. Rhys Davids ||Buddhist Suttas:

12

|Hindu

|1882 || Julius Eggeling ||Satapatha Brahmana, part 1/5:

13

|Bud

|1881 || T. W. Rhys Davids and Hermann Oldenberg || Vinaya Texts, part 1/3:

14

|Hindu

|1882 || Georg Bühler || The Sacred Laws of the Âryas, part 2/2:

15

|Hindu

|1884 || Max Müller || The Upanishads, part 2/2:

16

|China

|1882 || James Legge || The Sacred Books of China, part 2/6 – the texts of Confucianism:

17

|Bud

|1882 || T. W. Rhys Davids and Hermann Oldenberg || Vinaya Texts, part 2/3

18

|Zor

|1882 || E. W. West ||Pahlavi Texts, part 2/5

19

|Bud

|1883 || Samuel Beal || The Fo-sho-hing-tsan-king: a life of Buddha, by Ashvaghosha, Bodhisattva; translated from Sanskrit into Chinese by Dharmakṣema (A. D. 420).

20

|Bud

|1885 || T. W. Rhys Davids and Hermann Oldenberg || Vinaya Texts, part 3/3:

  • Kullavagga, IV–XII.
21

|Bud

|1884 || H. Kern ||The Saddharma-Pundarika or The Lotus of the True Law.

22

|Jain

|1884 || Hermann Jacobi

from the Prâkrit

| Jaina Sûtras, part 1/2

23

|Zor

|1883 || James Darmesteter ||Zend-Avesta, part 2/3:

  • Sîrôzahs
  • Yasts
  • Nyâyis
24

|Zor

|1884 || E. W. West ||Pahlavi Texts, part 3/5:

25

|Hindu

|1886 || Georg Bühler || The Laws of Manu: with extracts from seven commentaries.

26

|Hindu

|1885 || Julius Eggeling ||Satapatha Brahmana, part 2/5

27

|China

|1885 || James Legge || The Sacred Books of China, part 3/6 – the texts of Confucianism:

28

|China

|1885 || James Legge || The Sacred Books of China, part 4/6 – the texts of Confucianism:

29

|Hindu

|1886 || Hermann Oldenberg ||Grihya-sutras, part 1/2 – rules of Vedic domestic ceremonies:

  • Sankhyayana-Grihya-sutra
  • Āśvalāyana-Grihya-sutra
  • Paraskara-Grihya-sutra
  • Khadia-Grihya-sutra
30

|Hindu

|1892 || Hermann Oldenberg (Apstamba),

Max Müller (Yajna)

|Grihya-sutras, part 2/2 – rules of Vedic domestic ceremonies:

31

|Zor

|1887 || Lawrence Heyworth Mills ||Zend-Avesta, part 3/3:

32

|Hindu

|1891 || Max Müller ||Vedic Hymns, part 1/2

  • Hymns to the Maruts
  • Hymns to Rudra
  • Hymns to Vâyu
  • Hymns to Vâta
  • Bibliographical list of the more important publications on the Rigveda
33

|Hindu

|1889 || Julius Jolly || The Minor Law-Books: Brihaspati

34

|Hindu

|1890 || George Thibaut ||Vedanta-Sutras, part 1/3

  • Commentary by Sankaracharya, part 1 of 2
  • Adhyâya I–II (Pâda I–II).
35

|Bud

|1890 || T. W. Rhys Davids || The Questions of King Milinda, part 1/2

36

|Bud

|1894 || T. W. Rhys Davids || The Questions of King Milinda, part 2/2

37

|Zor

|1892 || E. W. West ||Pahlavi Texts, part 4/5

  • Contents of the Nasks
38

|Hindu

|1896 || George Thibaut ||Vedanta-Sutras, part 2/3

  • Commentary by Sankaracharya, part 2 of 2
  • Adhyâya II (Pâda III–IV)–IV
39

|China

|1891 || James Legge || Texts of Taoism, part 1/2

40

|China

|1891 || James Legge || Texts of Taoism, part 2/2

  • The Writings of Kwang Tse, XVII–XXXIII
  • The Thâi-shang tractate of actions and their retributions
  • Other Taoist texts
  • the Index to vols. 39 and 40
41

|Hindu

|1894 || Julius Eggeling ||Satapatha Brahmana, part 3/5:

42

|Hindu

|1897 || Maurice Bloomfield || Hymns of the Atharvaveda, Together With Extracts From the Ritual Books and the Commentaries

43

|Hindu

|1897 || Julius Eggeling ||Satapatha Brahmana, part 4/5:

44

|Hindu

|1900 || Julius Eggeling ||Satapatha Brahmana, part 5/5:

45

|Jain

|1895 || Hermann Jacobi

(from Prâkrit)

| Jaina Sûtras, part 2 of 2:

46

|Hindu

|1897 || Hermann Oldenberg || Vedic Hymns, part 2/2:

47

|Zor

|1897 || E. W. West ||Pahlavi Texts, part 5/5:

48

|Hindu

|1904 || George Thibaut || Vedanta-Sutras, part 3/3, with the commentary of Râmânuja

49

|Bud

|1894 || Edward Byles Cowell (part 1, from Sanskrit), Max Müller, and Takakusu Junjiro (Amitâyur) ||Buddhist Mahâyâna Texts, part 1/2:

Buddhist Mahâyâna Texts, part 2/2:

50

|Index

|1910 || Moriz Winternitz, with a preface by Arthur Anthony Macdonell || General index to the names and subject-matter of the Sacred Books of the East.

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